the politics of oppression

[tielan]

Hmm. So, can I call oppression against Teyla in SGA fandom and get Teyla-centric fic out of it?

Or is that reserved only for the "oppressed" fans of characters with hundreds of fangirls and thousands of stories about their favourite pairing?

Comments

[sugargroupie.livejournal.com]

Looks to me like that post should've been on clairvoyantwank instead of f_w.

Regarding the content, as a fan of both Teyla and Elizabeth of equal degree, I'm not going to begrudge Elizabeth fans from wanting more Elizabeth-centric fic to counter what they see as character bashing. I haven't read the fic in question, but I'm assuming it's a parody or satire or whatever. However, from a quick glance at the comments I get the impression that there's mocking and taunting of the Sparky shippers, which... *shrug* whatever. I guess that's the nature of fandom.

I think there are many many variables involved in why there's such a dearth of Teyla-centric fic, and, aside from the glaringly obvious, the reasoning behind them depend largely on what type of Teyla fic one is looking for.

[tielan]

Let's just say that if I could call "oppression" every time someone mocked or dissed Teyla or John/Teyla and get sympathy fic out of it, I really wouldn't consider myself "oppressed".

As for looking for Teyla-centric fic: I'll start reading just about anything that's got a focus on Teyla and isn't Teyla/Ronon, Shweir, or McShep. Preferably action-adventure or character study, but I'll take what I can get.